IPS staffs three roles.

Application Administrator

Installation and configuration of web-application server platforms and database platforms for custom IS&T systems.
Installation and configuration of web-application products.
Server and network topology planning in conjunction with Server Operations.
Software development tasks focused on repeatable build and installation processes.
Service-level maintenance and liaison to Operations and Infrastructure Services (OIS)
Managers of build and deploy processes.
Responsible to take developed systems out to a service-ready state.

Web-Services Developer

Software development focused on web services and ISDA's system to deliver a services-oriented architecture.
Abstraction of disparate back-end systems behind web-enabled connectors based on industry standards.
Development of monitoring and instrumentation tools for the administration of ISDA's web-services environment.
Java for web services and other kinds of data connectors
C, C++ specifically to interface Java services with custom native libraries (JNI), where those libraries are specific to the web services environment
SOAP, REST, JMX, Axis, Acegi, Hibernate, Spring, other connector architectures

Research and development for new systems and services.
Design operational processes and test operational tools with Application Administrators.
System level programming for core operating systems and low-level applications.
Develop Java-based systems to roll out to ISDA development teams.
Develop and support off-standard application in C, C++, shell scripts (various), Perl